Public bug reported: When running a vertically stacked monitor configuration (laptop screen on the bottom, external monitor above laptop), having a menu/indicator bar on the top of each screen isn't intuitive to me, since having a menu bar in the middle of my workspace splits up what I consider to be a continuous vertical workspace.
I run my MacBook Pro (Mac OS X 10.6) in a similar configuration, but Mac OS X puts the dock at the bottom of the bottom screen, and the Mac OS X menu bar at the top of the top screen, when I select the external/top monitor as the location of the menu bar. In Mac OS X, you only get one menu bar per computers, but its location is configurable, and I've found experimentally that I greatly prefer having the menu bar on the top of my stack-of-screens. I'm guessing that having one menu-bar per monitor works great for monitors arranged in a horizontal manner, but putting one menu bar at the top each stack of vertical monitors makes sense to me. I realize that there's a lot of my personal preferences coming through on this... But I would like the issue to be considered by the Unity UI- design team. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: unity 3.8.16-0ubuntu1~natty1 Uname: Linux 2.6.39-02063904-generic x86_64 Architecture: amd64 CompizPlugins: [core,bailer,detection,composite,opengl,compiztoolbox,decor,gnomecompat,snap,vpswitch,grid,place,imgpng,regex,resize,session,move,mousepoll,unitymtgrabhandles,wall,animation,expo,workarounds,ezoom,staticswitcher,fade,ring,scale,unityshell] CompositorRunning: compiz Date: Thu Sep 1 09:46:58 2011 DistUpgraded: Fresh install DistroCodename: natty DistroVariant: ubuntu DkmsStatus: virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.39-02063904-generic, x86_64: installed virtualbox-ose, 4.0.4, 2.6.38-11-generic, x86_64: installed GraphicsCard: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:0116] (rev 09) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller]) Subsystem: Toshiba America Info Systems Device [1179:0005] InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) InstallationMedia_: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) InstallationMedia__: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) MachineType: TOSHIBA PORTEGE R835 ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US:en PATH=(custom, user) LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.39-02063904-generic root=UUID=d046bba5-6bff-42e7-ae6e-afcab4507acb ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7 Renderer: Unknown SourcePackage: unity UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) dmi.bios.date: 08/06/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.bios.version: Version 3.00 dmi.board.asset.tag: 0000000000 dmi.board.name: Portable PC dmi.board.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.board.version: Version A0 dmi.chassis.asset.tag: 0000000000 dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: TOSHIBA dmi.chassis.version: Version 1.0 dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnTOSHIBA:bvrVersion3.00:bd08/06/2011:svnTOSHIBA:pnPORTEGER835:pvrPT324U-008003:rvnTOSHIBA:rnPortablePC:rvrVersionA0:cvnTOSHIBA:ct10:cvrVersion1.0: dmi.product.name: PORTEGE R835 dmi.product.version: PT324U-008003 dmi.sys.vendor: TOSHIBA version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.4+bzr20110606-0ubuntu1~natty2 version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs 20090808ubuntu13 version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.23-1ubuntu6 version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 7.10.2-0ubuntu2 version.xserver-xorg: xserver-xorg 1:7.6+4ubuntu3.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:6.14.0-0ubuntu4.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.14.0-4ubuntu7.1 version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:0.0.16+git20110107+b795ca6e-0ubuntu7 ** Affects: unity (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug compiz-0.9 natty running-unity ubuntu -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/838882 Title: Menu/indicator panel in vertical-monitor arrangement not intuitive To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity/+bug/838882/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs